SACE Stage 2 Australian Languages - First Language case studies
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Australian Languages - First Language is a Stage 2 SACE subject, coded 2AFL20 and worth 20 credits, offered by the SACE Board of South Australia. It sits alongside two sibling subjects, Australian Languages - Additional Language and Australian Languages - Revival Language, and is designed for students who already bring a strong foundation in an Aboriginal language of their community. The SACE Stage 2 Australian Languages - First Language case studies are 5 cases and about 2,721 words.
1Negotiating a Moderation Discrepancy in a Language-Rich Task
A Year 12 teacher in a school with 42 students submits a folio for a School Assessment task on 'Bilingual Identity and Code-Switching'. The task required students to record a 7-minute spoken reflection in their heritage language, then write a 600-word analytical commentary in English.
567 words, about 3 min2Group Oral Task: Individual Accountability Under Investigation
A teacher sets a group oral assessment for four students: a 12-minute panel discussion in the target language on 'Language Maintenance in Diaspora Communities'. Each student must speak for at least 2 minutes and submit a 300-word individual written rationale.
558 words, about 3 min3Special Provisions and the Oral Examination
A student enrolled in the external oral examination has a documented anxiety condition and a processing-speed accommodation. The school applies for special provisions: 10 minutes of extra preparation time (standard is 10 minutes) and permission to bring brief cue cards into the examination room.
536 words, about 3 min4Investigating Suspected Plagiarism in a Folio Piece
A teacher suspects that a 900-word folio piece in the target language was not written independently. The student's earlier drafts were simple and error-prone; the final piece uses advanced subordinate clauses and several idioms not taught in class.
523 words, about 3 min5Comparability Across Two Classes Teaching the Same Task
Two teachers deliver the same School Assessment task: a 5-minute persuasive speech in the target language on an environmental issue, marked out of 20 against three criteria (content, language, delivery). Teacher X's class average is 15.8; Teacher Y's is 12.4.
537 words, about 3 min